vulnerability
Good end user passwords begin with a well-enforced password policy
In this interview with Help Net Security, Lori Österholm, CTO at Specops Software, explains what makes passwords vulnerable and suggests some password best practices and …
Phishers exploit Google’s SMTP Relay service to deliver spoofed emails
Phishers are exploiting a flaw in Google’s SMTP relay service to send malicious emails spoofing popular brands. Avanan researcher Jeremy Fuchs says that starting in April …
TLStorm 2.0: Critical bugs in widely-used Aruba, Avaya network switches
Armis researchers have discovered five critical vulnerabilities in the implementation of TLS communications in multiple models of network switches. Collectively dubbed TLStorm …
Critical vulnerabilities open Synology, QNAP NAS devices to attack
Users of Synology and QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices are advised to be on the lookout for patches for several critical vulnerabilities affecting Netatalk, an …
The 15 most exploited vulnerabilities in 2021
In 2021, threat actors aggressively exploited newly disclosed critical software vulnerabilities to hit a broad set of targets worldwide, says the latest advisory published by …
Nimbuspwn bugs allow attackers to gain root privileges on some Linux machines (CVE-2022-29799, CVE-2022-29800)
Microsoft has unearthed two security vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-29799, CVE-2022-29800) in the networkd-dispatcher daemon that may be exploited by attackers to gain root on many …
Manage and monitor third-party identities to protect your organization
SecZetta shared a research that demonstrates a clear misalignment between the strategies organizations currently use and what is actually required to protect them from …
Vulnerabilities that kept security leaders busy in Q1 2022
In this video for Help Net Security, Yotam Perkal, VP of Research at Rezilion, talks about the most critical vulnerabilities published during Q1 2022, and the relevant …
How fast do cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses?
Threat intelligence analysts at Skybox Research Lab uncovered a 42% increase in new ransomware programs targeting known vulnerabilities in 2021. The report revealed how …
The state of coordinated vulnerability disclosure policies in EU
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) publishes a map of national coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) policies in the EU Member States and makes …
81% of codebases contain known open source vulnerabilities
Synopsys released a report which examines the results of more than 2,400 audits of commercial and proprietary codebases from merger and acquisition transactions, and …
Critical Microsoft RPC runtime bug: No PoC exploit yet, but patch ASAP! (CVE-2022-26809)
Three days have passed since Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday, and CVE-2022-26809 has emerged as the vulnerability with the most exploitation potential. It’s easy …